Nitish thanks Manmohan for growth tweet

Dr. Singh tweeted the previous night: “FACT: The so-called BIMARU States have done much better. Bihar was the fastest growing State in the country.”

On the list of growth rate in various States between 2006-07 and 2010-11, Bihar was at the top with a growth rate of 10.9 per cent, followed by Chhattisgarh.

In an official statement thanking the Prime Minister, Mr. Kumar tried to score a political point by drawing a quick comparison between Bihar and Gujarat, even when Gujarat was on the sixth spot in the chart provided by Dr. Singh in the tweeted message.